Look, we have to pull together despite our grudging Government

IT was 1960s music that was playing at the end of the protest march the other day. Protest songs, Bob Dylan, that sort of thing. I’m comfortable with that sort of music myself – it makes me feel nostalgic, in fact. But I couldn’t help wondering whether it said more about the organisers of the march than it did about the protesters. Somehow, it all seemed a little out of date.

In fact, it occurred to me that a more appropriate song from that era might have been the rousing Woodstock anthem by Country Joe and the Fish, one of the all-time great satirical anti-war songs.

If you’re my generation, you’ll remember the chorus: “And it’s one, two, three, what are we fighting for – Don’t ask me, I don’t give a damn. Next stop is Vietnam; And it’s five, six, seven, open up the pearly gates. Well there ain’t no time to wonder why. Whoopee! We’re all gonna die.”